London Labour and the London Poor, Mayhew, Henry

Автор: Frank Rexroth
Название: Deviance and Power in Late Medieval London
ISBN: 0521847303 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521847308
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This original study takes a fresh approach to the social and cultural history of late medieval London by examining the ruling elite`s moral policing of the real and imagined `milieu of the night` of vagabonds, pimps, prostitutes, and immoral priests.

Автор: Manley
Название: The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of London
ISBN: 0521897521 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521897525
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: London has provided the setting and inspiration for a host of literary works, from canonical masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon a variety of methods and materials, the essays in this volume explore representations of the city and its literary culture from medieval times to the present.

Автор: Amherst
Название: London Parks and Gardens
ISBN: 1108075991 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108075992
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Описание: Garden historian Alicia Amherst (1865-1941) was especially interested in socially beneficial gardening over the course of her career. This illustrated work, first published in 1907, presents an accessible and well-researched historical and horticultural survey of London`s green spaces, including parks, squares, commons, and Inns of Court.

Автор: Sexby
Название: The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London
ISBN: 1108076130 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108076135
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This history of the public green spaces of London was published in 1898. John Sexby, the Chief Officer of Parks of the London County Council, describes spaces ranging from Hampstead Heath to small, disused churchyards, providing details of their former owners and use as well as their present condition.

Автор: Jack London
Название: The People of the Abyss
ISBN: 1108064558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108064552
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Описание: In this 1903 publication, which influenced later socially minded authors like George Orwell, American writer Jack London (1876-1916) examines the living conditions of the impoverished residents of London`s East End, demonstrating how politics had failed the vulnerable. The text is illustrated with photographs of the places and people mentioned.

Автор: Thorpe
Название: Performing China on the London Stage
ISBN: 1137597852 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137597854
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book details the history of Chinese theatre, and British representations of Chinese theatre, on the London stage over a 250-year period. A wide range of performance case studies – from exhibitions and British Chinese opera inspired theatre, to translations of Chinese plays and visiting troupes – highlight the evolving nature of Sino-British trade, fashion, migration, the formation of diaspora, and international relations. Collectively, they outline the complex relationship between Britain and China – the rise and fall of the British Empire, and the fall and rise of China – as it was played out on the stages of London across three centuries. Drawing extensively upon archival materials and fieldwork research, the book offers new insights for intercultural British theatre in the 21st century – ‘the Asian century’.

Автор: Hill
Название: Homes of the London Poor
ISBN: 1108024556 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108024556
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Octavia Hill (1838-1912) was a social reformer, appalled by London slum conditions. These articles trace the history of her work as a landlady to improve the homes and lives of the poor. She stressed the importance of space, fresh air and cleanliness, and helped tenants to improve their conditions.

Автор: Wheatley
Название: Hogarth`s London
ISBN: 1108070256 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108070256
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Описание: First published in 1909, this illustrated study considers the work of the artist and satirist William Hogarth (1697-1764), focusing on his depiction of London and its inhabitants. Written by the bibliographer and editor Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838-1917), it skilfully unveils the many facets of life in eighteenth-century London.

Автор: Malcolm
Название: Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 3 Volume Set
ISBN: 1108081576 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108081573
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Описание: Born in Philadelphia, James Peller Malcolm (1767–1815) travelled to London in 1787, remaining there until his death. Initially hoping for a career as a landscape painter, he became well known for his engravings, which appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine from 1792, and for his books on history that made extensive use of original local records. First published in 1808, Anecdotes gives a typically personal and often light-hearted account of the history and customs of Malcolm's adopted city. Illustrated with his engravings, the work ranges from considering the diet and dress of the ancient Britons to suggesting that the Great Fire of London was state-sanctioned to rid the city of plague. This is the 1811 second edition of a valuable and often entertaining insight into English social history. The volumes cover such topics as the origin of English character, religion and superstition, and amusements and popular pastimes.

Автор: Jameson
Название: Companion to the Most Celebrated Private Galleries of Art in London
ISBN: 1108073840 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108073844
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: A professional author of art and literary criticism as well as travel writing, Anna Jameson (1794-1860) published this book on the great private art collections of London in 1844. With an introductory essay and a catalogue raisonnee for each collection, this is a fascinating guide to mid-nineteenth-century taste in art.

Автор: Pisani Michael V.
Название: Music for the Melodramatic Theatre in Nineteenth-Century London and New York
ISBN: 1609382307 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781609382308
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Описание: Throughout the nineteenth century, people heard more music in the theatre--accompanying popular dramas such as Frankenstein, Oliver Twist, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Lady Audley's Secret, The Corsican Brothers, The Three Musketeers, as well as historical romances by Shakespeare and Schiller--than they did in almost any other area of their lives. But unlike film music, theatrical music has received very little attention from scholars and so it has been largely lost to us. In this groundbreaking study, Michael V. Pisani goes in search of these abandoned sounds.

Mining old manuscripts and newspapers, he finds that starting in the 1790s, theatrical managers in Britain and the United States began to rely on music to play an interpretive role in melodramatic productions. During the nineteenth century, instrumental music--in addition to song--was a common feature in the production of stage plays.

The music played by instrumental ensembles not only enlivened performances but also served other important functions. Many actors and actresses found that accompanimental music helped them sustain the emotional pitch of a monologue or dialogue sequence. Music also helped audiences to identify the motivations of characters. Playwrights used music to hold together the hybrid elements of melodrama, heighten the build toward sensation, and dignify the tragic pathos of villains and other characters. Music also aided manager-directors by providing cues for lighting and other stage effects. Moreover, in a century of seismic social and economic changes, music could provide a moral compass in an uncertain moral universe.

Featuring dozens of musical examples and images of the old theatres, Music for the Melodramatic Theatre charts the progress of the genre from its earliest use in the eighteenth century to the elaborate stage productions of the very early twentieth century.